World War I made the airplane—a recent invention—essential in war and peace. The conflict, which raged from 1914 to 1918, laid the foundation for military aviation. It was a decisive test for emerging ...

The Virginia Museum of the Civil War at New Market Battlefield State Historical Park is pleased to participate in Blue Star ...

President James Buchanan sent the unarmed ship Star of the West with 200 soldiers and supplies on January 9, 1861. When it ...

Bridgewater College awarded over $100,000 in funding for student summer research projects. Waynesboro Public Library ...

One might well wonder why an inland city was selected as the site of a Civil War naval museum. The answer is twofold.

Historic Collinsville in rural Montgomery County has announced a series of special events, June 13-15. “Civil War Days” will ...

The National Civil War Museum, located at One Lincoln Circle ... the treatment of Confederate veterans after the Civil Wa… Military historian William Feis talked about his book, Grant’s ...

NEW MARKET, Va. (WHSV) - The Virginia Museum of the Civil War at New Market Battlefield State Historical Park has become a ...

Lori Nohner, research historian for the State Historical Society of North Dakota, looks at a button on a New Hampshire Civil ...

Yes, Memorial Day was originally called Decoration Day. When the first national celebration of the modern Memorial Day holiday took place at Arlington National Cemetery on May 30, 1868, the holiday ...

A sword from the American Civil War era that belonged to a New Brunswick veteran has made it home.A repatriation ceremony for ...